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The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The chef of the Bureau of Ami nal Industry has just made pre- li1ninarY report to the Commission of Agriculture on the progress Of the work for the suppression of pleuro-pneumonia for the 6 months ending June 30, 1887. He states that the last appropriation of $200,- 900, and the law giving authority to compensate for deceased and ex- posed animals, and also to quaran- tine and disin:ect premises, has enabled the bureau to accomplish very much more than had been possible previous to that time. The new rules and regulations made to conform with this act issued April 15, for cooperating with the various states, though assuming much more authority than the old, have been very favorably received, and ac- cepted by the authorities of twenty two states and seven territories. The legislatures of the states of Illinois, New York, Rhode Island and Virginia have passed acts giv- ing full authority to the officers of the bureau for quarantining, con demnation and destruction of ami malls affected and exposed to dan gerous and contagious diseases. Pennsylvania is the only state be- lieved to be affected with pleuro- pneumonia the authorities of which have declined both to accept the new rules and regulations and to give the national inspectors any recognition in this work.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The Secretary of the Interior has signed a series of instructions 10 newly appointed Special Agents for making allotment of land to the Indians. He shows them that the allotment act docs not in any way change agreements and treaties now in existence between the Gov ernment and the Indians. None of the provisions of these are abro- gated and where the allotmcnts are made they must be made in accor- dance with the terms of these treat ies. Provisions for allOtments to the Crows in Montana are made by the agreement under which their reservation was laid out, and Mr. Howard is instructed to act under these instructions nearly as possi
 ble. AIr. Howard acted as & Com missioner for this same purpose last year, spending the entire sum- mer and fall on the Crow Reserva- tion. He goes this year to complete his work and is made a special agent to act under this allotment law as it now stands. Lack of sur veys is the principal difficulty which the authorities of the Department of Indian Affairs have now to con tend with in making the allotments.'
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The Tucson Citizen says tkat
 some of the residents of Southern
 Pima have q surprise in store for them, in the shape of the floating
 Baca land grant. This grant was originally located in 1863, and in 1866 was practically confirmed to its owners. It is twelve and half miles square and contains 99.289 39-100 acres, and was originally To- catcd southwest of the Salero noun tain, but on being allowed to amend, the grant was practically swung around so that instead of heading toward and taking in Tubac, 1t ex- tends this way, takes in Crittenden, Richardson & Gormely's ranch and also T. Gardiner's Apache Springs ranch. It was originally intended that this grant should be on non- mineral lands, but a selection hay ing been made, it is held by the Secretary of the Interior, that they cannot now change their location, even if the lands selected be min eral. This ruling of Secretary La mar has been filed with the county recorder. The owners of this land were recently here looking the mat ter up. They have the reputation of being fair-minded gentlemen, who propose to deal justly by the present occupants of the land.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The following is the vagrant act as it appears in the Revised Stat utes:
 Sec. 1014. Every person (exccps an Indian) without visible means of living, who has the physical ability to work, and who does not for the space of ten days seek en- ployment, nor labor when employ ment is offered him; every healthy beggar who solicits aims as a busi- ness every person who roams about from place to place without any lawful business; every idle or dis solute person, or associate of known thieves, who wander about the streets at late or unusual hours of the night, or who lodges in any barn, shop, shed, out-house, lumber yard or vessel, or place other than such as Is kept for lodging pur- poses, without the permission of the owner or person entitled to the possession thereof; every low and dissolute person who lives in and about houses of i'll fame, and every common drunkard. is a vagrant, and punishable by imprisonment in the county Jail not exceeding ninety days.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

A San Francisco dispatch says Q published statement has been made here that lady occupying high position in society, presented forged check for $25,000 at one of the leading banks and drew the money, and that when the fraud was discovered search was made for the lady, and it was found that she had left the city. She was followed immediately by Captain Lees of the detective force and Gen, w. H. L. Barnes, attorney for the bank, who overlook her few miles out of the city and recovered the money, on condition that the affair be kept quiet. The bank officials refuse to be interviewed.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

l Bill Hodges is one of the most prominent tin-horn gamblers of Chloride, Colorado, where they have fourteen saloons and starve a min ister to death in two months. He spent Sunday in Fl Paso and was much surprised and delighted at the sights Of the metropolis. "I have had bully time," he re- marked to a friend on Fl Paso street, "and I went up against the queerest game to-day I ever struck in my life"
 "Wbat was that?"
 Church, they call it."
 'Why, weren't you ever at church before?",
 "Nary once. I steered Charley up and said I guess we'd sneak around the edges, for s'posed the front seats were reserved for play CTS, but blamed if the manager didn't take us right up against the table,"
 "I presume you mean the pulpit. How did you enjoy it?"
 "Oh, first rate. They played it without a lookout or a case-keeper just one man on shit. The man said he was going to deal from Matthew II IA, but there wasn't a soul begged the number after he give them out. That broke me all up"
 "Was it a pretty good sermon?"
 ''It was a corker, but it was lit tie long. The parson said it had four heads, and after he got through three turns I got tired and wanted to duck, but Charley said we ought not to go when there was only a case card in, so we stayed the deal out. Then they clipped in for a sort of jackpot"
 "How much did you contribute?"
 "Well, nothing. You see Charlie was on the edge and he gave five. That oversized me and I didn't know whether table stakes went or not, so I passed :out. l ought to have really got 45 per cent of that five for steering, but I didn't care to raise a fuss about it."
 "Se you had a pretty good time, did you?"
 "That's whatever. It was away l up play, a regular square deal, not a split in it from the time we but ted ourselves in to where they pro- nounced the benedictine. If we had 1 a feller like that at Chloride, he'd | make the gangs hair curl. Inter Republics.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The City of Guanajuato, in Mex
 leo, it is said, would never have been built but for the mines. It is crowded into a narrow defile seven miles long by about one quarter of a mile wide. In some places a stone can be thrown from hill to hill over the city. Street cars, and drawn by four mules, leaves the station at the mouth of the ravine and climb until they come to the upper end of the city, where the ravine stops abruptly against the mountain. The streets are so narrow that a letter-box would be an obstruction if fastened to the side of the build ing in the usual way, so this useful institution is provided for tby chis- cling hole for it in the wall. On the main street, which follows the center line of the ravine, there Is room for two vehicles to pass each
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

A Chicago paper says that the veteran, "Hank" Mallory, the noted cattle salesman at the stock yards. Chicago, sent the following out to his customers last week We can see no encouragement for better prices until the supply falls of, and advise shippers to go slow and steal what stock they can, and not get caught at it, if they expect to come out ahead"
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

road. It appears that two Mexican families at the town of San Miguel are most unfriendly to each other and the other day in the absence of one of the mothers, her seven months old babe crawled across to to the house of the other woman. The innocent, helpless babe was kicked away and then actually thrown into a hog pen where it was devoured by the hogs. Burning at the stake would not be adequate punishment for such heathenish in human slaughter of a prattling lit tie infant.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11


 The Prescott Courier says c. H. Tinker, Justice of the Peace at Flagstaff, on Saturday last issued a warrant for the arrest of a des- perado named Hayes, charging him with stealing a number of horses from parties living in the vicinity of Flagstaff, and placed it in the hands of Deputy Shelf Francis for service. At last accounts Francis had not caught his man, but was in hot pursuit, and should he come up to him, it is safe to presume he will catch his game, or make a good injun" of him. The practice of horse and cattle stealing has be- come too common [ thing in the northern and eastern portion of this county, and a little hemp meted to those who indulge in this line of business, would have a ben efcial effect.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11
NUMBER 35

ether, but the most of the thorough fares are only passable for burros. 4 double track is impossible, and the single street ear line is operated by a series of switches and by the almost constant footing of horns, which the drivers carry hung about their necks.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

One of the ablest papers read be-
 fore the first meeting of the Inter-
 national Range Association was one
 prepared by Major ". 4. Towers,
 of Kansas City, showing that the interests of farmers and ranchmen
 were mutual. Major Towers took
 the position that the ranchmen ot
 the plains should raise feeders for
 the farmers to fatten. Owing to
 overstocked ranges and the almost
 constant working of range cattle
 by calf branding outfits, range
 beeves do not get fat enough for
 market, but they furnish excellent
 feeders for the farmers to use in
 feeding the products of the farms,
 which can be utilized proftably in
 this way. The stock farmers of the
 west should join hands with the
 rangemen in efforts to secure better prices for beeves, and the plan of Gov. Hadley, the New Mexico di- rector of the International Range
 Association which contemplates the establishment of dressed beefplants
 by the beef producers should be generally backed up by the small stock farmer as we'll as by the ranchmen of the plains. In order to secure uniform action in this i'm portant matter we would suggest that stock farmers who desire bet ter prices for beeves, write to Gov. o. A. Hadley, Springer, New Mexi- co, and assure him of their sup port in the measures of relief which he has under way.-Rural World.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The Las Vegas Optic says the news of a most revolting crime was brought to the city yesterday by Mrs. Duran, whose father, Aragon by name, lives near Charley Falch's slaughter house on the Romeroville
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

The St. Louis GIobe-Democrat
 gives the following bit of history connected with the Maxwell grant
 of Colfax county, New Mexico: How many readers of the Globe
 Democrat, outside of New Mexico
 and Colorado, recall the Taos mas
 sacre, Blood was poured out like water over this same Maxwell land
 grant one night in January forty
 years ago. Then the conditions were reversed. The people claimed that the grant was this enormous tract, and protested main. They
 protested under the leadership of a
 priest of Taos named Martinez. On
 the other hand, the holders of the
 grant urged that the priest and hls
 Mexican followers were mistaken
 that the grant was for no such tract,
 but only for eighteen or twenty
 leagues. Under the representation
 of the priest the grant was sus-
 pended. Besides claiming that the
 grant was excessive, the priest de-
 clared that. an American, Charley
 Bent, was interested in the transac-
 ton.
 But Beaubien and Miranda, to
 whom the grant had been made, came forward at once with their ex- plantations and af1idavits that the grant covered only sixteen or eigh- teen leagues, and with a denial that Bent was interested. So the order of suspension was revoked.
 But the priest and his Mexican followers were not satisfied. Two years passed, and in August, 1S46, Gen. Kcarney and Col. Doniphan, at the head of one column of the army against Mexico, marched into Santa Fe,raised the stars and stripes in the plaza, and proceeded to or ganize in the name of the United States the Territory of New Mexico. Beaubien, the Canadian, showed | how uncertain had been his Mexi- | can citizenship by becoming an As sociate Justice of the new territory within a couple of months after Kearney and Doniphan marched in. No longer was any secret made of the fact that Bent was interested in | the grant. He had become Cover nor of the new Territory.
 The following January, while the Americans were engaged in holiday | festivities, the Mexicans and the Pueblo Indians revolted. Their avowed provocation was this Max well grant and two other like trans tions, which turned over to the | hated Americans the whole north east corner of the Territory. They Gov. Charles Bent, Mar cisco Beaubien, Luis Lee, Cornelio | Vigil and many others Vigil was 8 Mexican. but he had accepted the office of Associate Justice under the new Government organized, and was interested in the grants. For a couple of days the Mexicans and | Pueblos, wrecked terrible vengeance upon all they could in any way connect with this grant business, and the lives taken were numbered by the scores. Their riot subsided, but the grant lived on, to be com firmed in this year of grace, 1887. forty years after the massacre it provoked. The extent of the tract has proved to be, not what Beau bien and Miranda said it was, but what the priest Martinez, in 1S44, claimed it to be.
 The Prescott Courier says c. H.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11

Old time exporters seem perfectly willing for new men to handle as large a proportion as 5hey want .o of the cattle going abroad.
The St. Johns herald., 1887-08-11
HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID FOR WOOL AND
 HIDES, IN TRADE OR CASH.

Salt delivered to cattle sheepmen their ranges at prices lower than be obtained any where else and with promptness and dispatch. Stockmen depend upon the Salt being clean and in good condition. All orders promptly filled Terms furnished application. Corre spondence solicited.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14

1T really, seems that Dunseith' Ii to f.ac-
,omplish her desire in the matter of organ
'zation of a cavalry company. W.. H. Ma
kee is ii fecsipt 81 a letter from Governor
;hurch'statins that the Organization will
e allowed according to the advice~of Gen.
Tyner, Who believes it would prevent any
uore Indian, scarss up this way. Gov.
Ihurchis NOW in Washington, from which
place he will return in about a week, ana
{ is expected arrangements will then be
made fot the equipment and organization.
credit is due Mr. Makee, for his persistent
abors, which at last seem to haxs:'been
:fowned with success.-Turtle Mountain
fines. Z
The recent Turtle Msuntain Indian scare
las had one good edeeta d any rate; l. gives
ne Dunseith boys. a chance to prance the
.eighing steed, bio'w, the shrill trump, pound
ID spirit-stirring drum, shrek liz ear
:,iersing fife, Aaunt The royal banner
lad fight the big wars shst make Ambition
virtue. Wke,p.ls.-
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14
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Land Office at Devils Lake, DIT.

Lana OmC6 AL Det1lS LUKE ~.
ID: March %, 1887.
Notice is,hereby given that;the following
named settlers havslfled notice of their in
;ention to make final proof IN: support ii
heir claims ,and that said proof will be
made before the Judge GRIN his absepc' the
Clerk of the: district Court for Bqttinea,
county, at Bottineau, D. T., On May 9th'
1907 sEsoReE "A. YEoMANs,s:,.
DIS. No. 1859, for the E J NV / and lots ]
Ind. 2 sec. 80, T .l6l N'R rs W
He names the following Witnesses ID prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiva-
d ion of, said .land, viz: John H. Sinirall
aobert b. Belb Frederick Clark, Hillre.
smith all of Bottineau, Bottineau Co. D. T.
''s' H1LIREY SMITH, ~
D.. S. No. ss47 for the E ] NE !, sW }'NE !
md Sc ! NV ! sec. 26, T l6l N r 76 W.
He names the following witnesses to prove
mis- continuous residence upon, and ~cultiva'
tion Of, said. land. yiz*A John H. Simrall
Robert B. BetF, Frederick Clark George A
Yeomans all, Of Bottinsau, Rottineau county
D.. T. =. : -. HY. W. LORD,
L. D. Dana, Atty. Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14
Land Office at Devils, b. T.

Land Office at Devils, b. T.
March 21st 1887.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed hYtice Of his iaten.
ton to make final proof In support Of his
claim, and that said proof will be make be
fore the Judge or in his absehce, The CLERK
of the District Court for Bottineau county,
D. T., at Bottineau; D. T., on May 10th;
1887, viz:
GEORGE NJ; HARRISON,
D. s. No. $500, for the W J sw t, sc sw !
and ,sw / Sc / sec. l8, T I61 r Is. =,
He names the following witnesses ID prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultixa
ton of, said land, viz: James Graham,
Thomas Collins, Donald McKinnon, Alex
ander McKinnon, of Bottineat P. o.; Botti-
neau Co. D. T.
Also ." .::,,.
JAMES GRAHAM,
D. s. No. 3508, for the W ne and e NV
sec. 26, T 161 R Is -. -; =,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and eultiva
ton Of, said land, viz: John Rea, George
Rea, Donald McKinnon, George NJ. Harrl-
son, Of Bottineau P. o., Battineau Co. D. T.
HY. W. LORD,
Register.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14
}. r., at Bottineau, D. 7. on April 10th

=. T., at Bottinsau, D. T. on April 10th
1887, viz:
.- JOHN REA,
D. 8. No. 2858, for the 6 ! NE ! and N l
Sc I SEC. ~, town l6l N. range rs W.
He names the following witnesses 30
prove his continuous residence upon,
and cultivation Of. said land, viz: wa
liam Byers, james McCopnachie, JameS
Graham, Warner Wslin, Of Bottineau,
Bottinean 70. D. T.
Also,
WILLIAM BYERs,
D. g. 2227, for the NE / sec. SO, township
161 N. range " w.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, said land, viz: John Rea.
Ge'rye Rea, James Graham, James Nc
Connachie, of Bottinesu, Bottineau Co.
D. T. HY. w. LORD,
Register,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14
The Local newspaper.

Brick Pomeroy is doing good work
for the press and the country in the
effort he is making in his "Democrat'
to obtain for local newspapers through:
out the country, that recognition to
which they are fully entitled as the
most valuable factors in the educa:
tional and moral as we'll as material
development Of the great domain
which Is now being opened up to civ.
uization and progress.
While his comment on the power
of the country press is certainly laud.
atory if not a little hyperbolical, the
suggestions made by him are highly
conimendable and ought to receive at
the hanas of DIR national Legislators
the attention which the magnitude Of
the interests involved SO imber:ativiely
demands.
He calls upon the press of the Uni.
ted States to unite in asking:
1st: To let all REGULAR newspapers
ind other publications, such as month.
ly periodicals, including. the dailv
newspaper, 60 through the mails Of
this country to all regular subscribers
tree: The mails run. and they might
rs we'll take the PAPERS along to sub-
tcribers:
Cd: Exempt all newly located
printing Offices from taxation for five
years, so that the struggler at the fore
may be- encouraged to stay, and toll
and stick, and at last establish, his
newspaper as a permanent besnefacc.:
ton: 1t is the first one, two, three.
four or FIVE years that drae the, 1Ifes
ind burn the hope, courage and ener.
sy out Of the pioneer editors: the
young strugglefs;
That there is merit III this demand
must be admitted, and nowhere more
than in Dakota is there so much need
that the pioneer press should be SUP u1
ported and encouraged. 1t il EN-.
phatlcafly the handmade of RELIGION
and education and is as much entitled
to recognition as the Railroads., for as
Pomeroy graphically and metaphoris
tallp says;
What the million stars are to eartb
IN g clear night Local newspapers are
the world at large. They, add to
me light that man needs and He1p ali
they shine upon: What the dew and
the gentle. rain is to fruit. flowers.
grams and grasses, the country press
g to all that is Of growth, progress.
enterprise and. Improvement of men
nanIners,' habits and bestterments Of
sowh and country,
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14
Land Office at Devils Like, p. T.
:. { MRtch g. 1897.

~~s
, Notice fs hereby given that the follow
tng named.nettler has filed notice of hit
mention to make final proof in, supper,
/ his claim, . and, that ,aAid proof win be
made before the: Judge or in his absence
the Clerk OF the District Court for; Bot
'ipeeu. comfy, ct Bottineau;; 1ns T., OF.
Apriil %, 1887, viz: D. s.. Nj. $0S7,
ISAAC McKINNON.
Tor the Sc ! sec. "a, + l6l, R rs.
HI nanaes. the ,BIiowfng witnesses to
ptfdVs his continuous Residence upon, Ana
cultivation of, said, land, viz. Warne,
Welin, James Gr.hafn,' G9orRe~!Res,
cTames McConpachis, I'll Of Bottfneah p.
D., Bottineau TO-, n r.. :.
Also n. &. No. 2948IJ i-,lH.L ~.
ALEXANDER McKtNNON,
for the s. r.. 4Pec. SO, r. 1871, R. ".
He ranheas the folla~ip& witnesses t4'
prove his continuous residence upol
and rultivation Of, said ,lAnd,, wiz: VIZ.
redr .Welin, JAMES Graham, George Rea,
James McCopn chic, all Of Bottinesu,
Botainsad county, D. r
- HY' w. EDRD,
l.. D Dana, Atty. Register.
4 - s." 81 "a - NY =E - H -H g.. .--@rl -afs i
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-04-14

The Bottineau Temperature Society are
determined: to keep to the fore: and for thei'
next meeting, promise a ynoyel debate i,
which the President Of the, society is .ex.
pected to show that a permanent t,iit orgahiza
ton is NOT necessary to secure prohibition
IN B'ttinesn County under the present 10
cal option Jaw. 1t is d free for ill debate,
and the following named are expected tc
rake part, Mr. and MRS. J. B. Sinclair, Mr..
and Mrs. GU Coulthard, A. ]. Carver, r..
arandef, Revs. A: Burr; and Ezra Turner,
ougald McArthar, Tom Lowrie, A!'McBain
md others. God help the President.